This blog by a tax professor is about tax reform and moving tax systems into the 21st century. It focuses on tax system weaknesses, critiques selected reform proposals, and offers new ideas, with an emphasis on federal, California and multistate matters. Additional information - articles, reports and links, can be found at the 21st Century Taxation website (see link below right). I welcome your comments.

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Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Tax Reform - A few provisions in track changes

I often find it helpful to see how tax legislation changes existing Internal Revenue Code sections. So, I took a few and made the modifications called for in P.L. 115-97 (12/22/17) (the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act), and show how they change the relevant Code section using track changes. I also include the effective date information. For the changes to 448, I also include a caution about how the favorable methods changes don't apply to "tax shelters" which could include some limited partnerships and LLCs even though they don't act like a typical tax shelter.

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The world is changing yet tax systems have been slow to change in the same direction. This can hinder economic progress, lead to a loss in tax revenue, and frustrate taxpayers. Here, I explain some of the problems at the federal, multistate and California levels, offer ideas for reform, and an opportunity to comment on what I post. These views are my own and not necessarily those of my employer or any organization I'm connected with. Thanks for reading and posting comments (this page gets over 8,000 visits per month)! For more on tax reform, please visit http://www.21stcenturytaxation.com. You can reach me at annette.nellen@sjsu.edu.

Annette Nellen

Professor Annette Nellen

About Me

I am a tax professor and Director of the MS Taxation Program at San Jose State University. I teach courses on tax research, tax accounting methods, taxation of property transactions, state taxation, ethics, and tax policy. I am active in the tax sections of the AICPA, ABA and CA Bar. I currently serve on the AICPA Tax Executive Committee (chair) and Tax Reform Task Force. I am a past chair of the AICPA Individual Taxation Technical Resource Panel and a past vice chair of the Executive Committee of the California Bar Tax Section. At SJSU I chair the Athletics Board and serve on the WASC accreditation steering committee. I welcome your comments to my blog posts.